Churn.



No. 630,297. Patented Aug. I I899.

A. J. MATHES.

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(Application filed Mar. 30, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW J. MATH ES, OF LOST MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEE.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,297, dated August 1, 1899. Application filed March 30,1898- Serial Nb. 675,731. (No model.)

My invention relates to churns, and has for: its object to provide a simple, compact, and

efiicient construction and arrangement of rocking-body churn whereby the parts thereof, including the standards of the rockers, are held in operative relation with the body by the same means which are employed for securing the members of the body together and preventing the opening of the joints there between.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

3, set back from the flush end edges of the side and bottom walls and also having a tongueand-groove connection therewith. Removably fitted in the interior of the churn-body are perforated beaters or partitions 4, fitted at their side edges in suitable vertical grooves 5 in the side walls. After theseparation of the butter from the milk these partitions should be removed to allow the gathering of the butter.

The rockers 6 are provided with terminal standards 7, between which the extremities of the churn-body are arranged, said churnbody resting upon the extremities of the rockers, which project inwardly from the planes of the standards. The upper ends of the standards are connectedby rounds 8, connecting the portions of the standards above the plane of the top of the churn-body and forming suitable handholds whereby the churn may be rocked when in operation.

In order 'to secure the members of the churn-body in their proper relative positions and also to secure the rocker-standards thereto, I employ transverse tie-bolts 9, extending through registering openings in the standards and in the projecting portions of the side walls of the churn-body beyond or outside of the end walls and fitted with suitable taps. It is obvious that when these bolts are tightened they not only secure the standards in operative contact with the exterior surfaces of the side walls, but draw the side walls toward each other,and thereby insure moistureproof joints between the end, side, and bottom walls by reason of the tongue-and-groove connection between said parts. Thus the same tie-bolts which are employed for securing the rockers to the churn-body serve as the means of connecting the members of said body, and in case of looseness of the joints of the churn-body by reason of shrinkage of the material or otherwise the tightening of the tie-bolts will serve to return the parts to their proper normal positions. Furthermore, these tie-bolts, which form common means of securing the members of the churn-body in operative relation and closing the joints there between and of securing the rockers to the churn-body, are located outside of the recep tacle formed by the churn-body, and hence no leakage through the bolt-holes can occur.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is V A churn comprising a body including side, end and bottom walls,the bottom and side walls being projected beyond the end wall, a supporting-frame including rockers having horizontal end faces engaging the lower edges of the projecting portions of the sides of the body, vertical standards connected with the rockers adjacent their ends and upon their outer faces and lying against and projecting above the outer faces of the protruding sides of the body, boltspassed through the stand ards and the adjacent protruding ends of the sides of the body to hold the bodynpon the my own Ihave'her'eto affixed my signature in ends of the rockers and against the faces of the presence of two Witnesses.

the standards; and supplemental bolts passed through the ends of the standards abovethe' body and forming handles for the manipula- Witnesses: tion of the churn. J. F.- MOORE, I In testimony that I claim the foregoing as e R. J. FINK.

ANDREW J. MATHEs. 

